NOTE! There Were Actually Only 99 Albums Listed. For Some Reason There Was
No Number 45?
For Ease Of Compilation I’ve Numbered Them 1 To 99

STOP PRESS - From Graham Stuart, Glasgow.

If You Looked At The Cover Of The Issue, All The LPs That Were Featured On
It Were Also In The List, Except One. This Was Pointed Out In A Future
Issue. The LP Was (Drum Roll, Trumpets, Etc)......"All Mod Cons" By The Jam.

PLUS - From Jon Lawton

NME writers only listed their top 99 albums in
the 1985 list, leaving the 100th spot free for a competition in which
readers were encouraged to suggest their own choice for the album which they
believed would complete the list.

About a month after the list was published one lucky reader won all 99
albums, after their suggestion - "Songs For Swinging Lovers" by Frank
Sinatra - was deemed the best entry by the magazine staff.

• How Do You Sleep – Imagine
• I Found Out – John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band
• I Don’t Want To Be A Soldier Mama – Imagine
• Out Of The Blue – Mind Games
• New York City – Some Time In New York City
• John Sinclair – Some Time In New York City
• Being For The Benefit Of Mr Kite! – Sgt Pepper
• Real Love – Anthology 2
• #9 Dream – Walls And Bridges
• One After 909 – Let It Be
• Grow Old With Me – Milk And Honey
• Going Down On Love – Walls And Bridges
• Mind Games – Mind Games
• Yes It Is – Past Masters Vol. 1
• Bring On The Lucie (Freda People) Mind Games
• One Day At A Time – Mind Games
• Glass Onion – The Beatles
• I’m So Tired – The Beatles
• I Don’t Want To Spoil The Party – Beatles For Sale
• Meat City – Mind Games

This Section Has Been Added Due To Popular Demand.
Unfortunately I Only Started Adding Them In October 2006. The Feature Began
In NME Early 2006. So Many Thanks To Masafumi Shikanai
[Martians@Bf6.So-Net.Ne.Jp] For Sending The Missing Entrees. The Feature
Ended In March 2007.